My Hotpoint RLA84 fridge ices up?

Had the thermostat replaced on mine by Hotpoint yesterday, and today it is still reading zero inside!

He said it will be a waste of time and he was right.
The fault is caused by the breakdown of the insulation foam behind the top half of the fridge. They can no longer fix this problem due to the usual health and safety issues!
It can be tested for by switching off and letting it warm up with the door open for a few hours. If you can push in the back of the plastic liner and feel "give", then that is is the problem - and sure enough.....

Mark
April 2011

the thermostat has gone or the termostat phial tube has come away from the rear of the fridge wall and therefore possibly irrepairable without chopping out the foam and attempting to refix

Gazbo007
March 2011

Did you ever get a fix for this? Mine has exactly the same problem, and a new thermostat has not fixed it.

Dave
February 2009